Notable Items From The Express 1893 Briefs
The Express notes 1893 savings bank deposits totaling 1 785 150 795 dollars and estimates coal strike impacts in Scotland at 40 million dollars. It mentions Niagara River as the world’s deepest running stream, the Crystal Palace show awarding queen prizes for pears and apples, Montreal widow Mrs Morzixy with 100 cats, eight boys arrested for cat stoning, and Osage Nation chief James Braveart as the first literate English speaker in that role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Palace
London
James Braveart
Native Hawaiian Greetings Say Love to You to Strangers
In Hawaii the native girls greet strangers with Love to you replacing Good morning. The polite phrase is well received and the Stranger usually takes it in good part, noting the charm of the custom despite language differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Acrobat Fall Yields 800 Dollar Spokane Theater Claim
A Spokane theater was mulated in eight hundred dollars after an acrobat fell from a lofty trapeze. The compensation was awarded not to the acrobat but to the man in the audience who was struck by the fall.
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Spokane
Bible Society Revenue and Volumes Reach Record
The British and Foreign Bible Society reported last year an income of 1,161,000 dollars with Bible issue totals of 8,664,456. This raises the cumulative volumes issued since 1803 to 189,559,008.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British and Foreign Bible Society
Tur Methodist Conference Sets Pastor Salaries in Germany
The Tur Methodist annual conference in Germany fixes preacher salaries within a 150 to 800 dollar range. Payments vary by marital status and whether preachers have children, with gradations for married, unmarried, or with children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Methodist
Germany
Miller commits suicide in Philadelphia leaving note
Miller ends his life in Philadelphia by self harm and leaves a letter quoting Col. Ingersoll about the value of life and assistance to others. The statement explains his intent to destroy himself as life has lost value to him.
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WithAm Miller
Philadelphia
Col. Ingersoll
Prize for Alexander I biography by Russian academy
A 1925 competition offers 1,000,000 rubles in prize money for the best biography of Alexander I as adjudged by the Russian national academy. The fund stems from 50,000 rubles donated by a Tagorite minister in 1895 to accumulate at compound interest for a century. The article also notes Shakespeare relics in Stratford and estimates Stratford's visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russian National Academy
Alexander I
Fast passenger locomotive under Pennsylvania road construction
A Bald Eagle era note describes a passenger locomotive being built at Altoona for the Pennsylvania road. It is projected to run at 100 miles per hour when needed, with much larger driving wheels and bicycle-like ball bearings. The boiler pressure is to be 190 pounds per square inch.
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Pennsylvania Road
Altoona
Acreage figures show UK cultivation change by region
The report records United Kingdom cultivated area at 47,919,880 acres, down from 47,979,898 prior year. England declines from 24,897,562 to 24,880,717 acres, Wales rises from 2,855,972 to 2,850,955, Scotland up from 4,890,175 to 4,892,183, and Ireland falls from 15,208,414 to 15,101,988 acres.
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Channel Islands
Isle of Man
United Kingdom
England
Wales
Scotland
Iredand
French Women Close to Equality in Global Study
A Fikxoit scientist reports that women and men are nearly equal worldwide. France shows 1,007 women per 1,000 men, Sweden 1,064 per 1,000, Greece 983 per 1,000. Reunion colony has 457 creole women per 1,000 Frenchmen. Hong Kong shows 1,000 men per 356 women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fikxoit
France
Sweden
Greece
Reunion
Hong Kong
Turkish Crown and State Jewels Worth Vast Sum
The Tur crown and other state jewels are valued at about 11 million dollars, the crown alone at least six million, with hundreds of diamonds ranging from a few dollars to thousands. It also includes fifty four pearls. A burning match causes lockjaw and forest fires, prompting safer handling.
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United States
Oldest wooden structure in the world at Nara
The Wakan house contains the Mikado's art treasures and sits in Nara, once an imperial residence. The oblong building rests on piles, built of triangular timber from native forests, enduring over 1,200 years in harsh climate. Treasures inside have been seen by Europeans only in recent years.
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Wavan
Nara
Epitome of the Week highlights government and crises
Secretary Carlisle calls for bids on 50 million dollars of five percent ten year gold bonds. War and post office reports show vast mail handling, office counts, and staffing changes. Fires devastate Sheffield Iowa and Springfield Illinois. Incendiary losses mount in Winnipeg. Feud killings occur in Lunla Mississippi and Francisco Alabama skeleton finds surface. Political results indicate Republican majorities in North Dakota and Missouri, with Alaska prosperity notes.
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Carlisle
R. A. Maxwell
United States
Smith
Cherokee Strip
Dunne
Sheffield
Iowa
Somme
Indiana
Jay Hicks
Meyers
South Dakota
Sturuvis
Maynardville
Tenn
Richard Carroll
Colorado
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Cleveland
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Francisco
Ala
William Bishop
Hanman
Henry Lawrence
Lunla
Miss
J. W. Boyd
Denver
North Dakota
American Railway Union
Maggie Waller
St Joseph
Minnesota
Nelson
Ohio
Taylor
James Sheakley
Alaska
Springfield
Missouri
National Baseball league reelects N. E. Youne president in New York
News of varied items from New York and across the country reports N E Youne reelected president of the National Baseball league for a three year term at the annual session in New York. Other notes include emigration to Liberia, fires, elections, deaths, and accidents.
Multiple Disturbances and Disasters Reported Across Several States
Reports detail a Nashville clerk's murder suicide after a failed reappointment, a Louisville attempt on a wife and mother-in-law, a Kentucky legislature swearing in, and various fatalities including a Sioux chief, a track record in San Antonio, and a fatal boiler or mud drum accident in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Wherworth
Nashville
Yerm
Allison
Louisville
Allen Prime
Alabama
Montgomery
Bickel
Ilinois
Elijah P. Ramsay
Avr Smith
Ferry
William Dawson
Iron Nation
South Dakota
San Antonio
Tex
Joe Patchen
Muncie
Ind
H. E. Aurorp
Oklahoma
Washington
Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations
Chicago & Alton Road
West Superior
Wis
Ward
Col
Knights of
Preston (Io.) Times
Antelope
Chicago
Grand Haven
Mich
Paris Storm Kills and Destroys Across Regions
Terrific storm devastates Paris and provinces with collapsed roofs and telegraph lines. Reports cite Armenian casualties in Turkish actions, severe earthquakes in Sicily and Calabria, shipwrecks near Spurn Head, and urban fires. A broad sweep of wartime and disaster notes follows, including political turmoil in Hawaii and Alabama, and several local accidents and fires.
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Paris
Honduras
United States
Japan
China
Limasol
Cypress
Dunne
Spurn Head
Messina
Calabria
M. Francis Magnard
Digaro
Lilinokalani
Sassan
Reply of Managers to Strike Commission Report
Nov. 15 Cuicaco and Nov. 16 Chicago Record summarize managers objections to the United States strike commission report on Pullman strike handling. They challenge alleged inaccuracies, defend wage cuts, and deny union intimidation charges, promising a formal written reply and noting the report’s perceived bias against capital.
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Wright
Cuicano
Railway Age
United States
Pullmaa
American Railway Union
Pullman
Curcaco
Federal Strike Commission
Chicago Record
Carroll D. Wright
United States Commissioner of Labor
Earthquake toll rises in southern Italy reports
Rome reports show extensive destruction in Reggio di Calabria and surrounding towns. Procopio village of 1200 is obliterated with many buried or killed, while Seventeen commands and towns like Lagnara Oppida Mamartina Santa Euphemia report deaths and injuries. Troops aid relief as Crispi dispatches funds.
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Rome
Italy
Procopio
Reggio di Calabria
Jambert
Lagnara
Weilé
Oppida Mamartina
Santa Euphemia
Crispi
Bagnara
Europe Urges Action Over Armenian Massacres
London reports Europe shocked by blood curdling Armenian accounts from Armenia and Bitlis with thousands killed and women and children attacked. Officials accuse Ottoman partisans and warn Berlin treaty powers to discipline Turkey to avert a Bulgaria like crisis.
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London
Armenian Patriotic Association
G. Hagopian
Earl of Kimberly
Constantinople
Africa
Constantinome
Vriday
Mussulman
Europe
Armenia
Philippopolis
Bitlis
Turkey
Porte
Bulgaria
Fatal Blow in Sparring Kills Riordan in Syracuse Ring
In a Jacobs theatre sparring match Bob Fitzsimmons struck Con Riordan a light jaw blow. Riordan collapsed and died that morning of hemorrhage within the cranial cavity. Fitzsimmons remains free on a $10,000 bond as autopsy confirms fatal brain injury.
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Bob Fitzsimmons
Con Riordan
Syracuse
N. Y
Jacobs’ Theater
Riordan
Titzsimmons
Bob Titzsimmons
Don Riordan
Coroner finds Colt and Sheriff at fault in Court House riot
Washington Court House reports coroner Edwards Fayette county found Col. Colt responsible for fatalities during the October 17 riot. He deemed the shooting unjustifiable and held Sheriff Cook and Col. Colt, militia commander, responsible. The coroner is related to a victim. The czar and Princess Alix wedding set for November 23, 1594.
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Washington Court House
Col. Colt
Edwards
Fayette County
Dolby
Cook
Coit
Sn. Peterspurc
Czar
Alix
Trade progress despite low mood noted in Dun review
New York reports gradual improvement across many sectors, though low farm prices wages and limited labor keep recovery slow. Exports in October rose but cotton values fell, while widespread failures in early November show manufacturing and trading liabilities. New Orleans speech criticizes army expansion and military despotism, urging reduced regulars and militia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
Repie
Treasury Reserve
Ankers
United States
Canada
Venerable Massachusetts Statesman Dies in Boston
Robert C. Winthrop died Friday night at 11 30 in Boston at age 85 He was the oldest surviving U S senator from Massachusetts having served 1850 51 He was an old Boston Latin School and Harvard College graduate and the oldest surviving ex speaker of the national House of Representatives elected to the Thirtieth Congress
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N. E. Youne
New York
National Baseball League
Liberia
Fine
Plymouth
Connecticut
Cottin
Mount Vernon
N. N
Tur
Henry L. Kellogg
Christian Cynosure
Wheaton
Ill
Ife
Ridgway
Annin Downine Kent
North Andover
Mass
Albert Kent
Hartford
William Whitford
Ben Wrrzsimmons
Don Riordan
Syracuse
N. Y
Robert C. Winthrop
Boston
Massachusetts
National House of Representatives
Francis A. Teall
Poe
Bloomfield
N. J
James McCosh
Trinceton
N. J.) College
Winthrop
United States
Boston Latin School
Harvard College
House of Representatives
Ives Is Champion in World Billiards Match
Frank C. Ives defeated his former instructor Jacob Shhaefer in New York on Saturday night, claiming the world billiards championship. Ives won by 8 600 to 3 074 points, outplaying Schaefer and offering no excuses.
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New York
Frank C. Ives
Jacob Shhaefer
Ives
Schaefer
Through Sleeping Car Service On Southern Route
Texas Mexico and California The Wa bash Railroad introduces a Through First class Sleeping Car and Tourist Sleeping Car from Chicago daily at 10 am via St. Louis to Little Rock Malvern Hot Springs Austin San Antonio Laredo El Paso Los Angeles and San Francisco with a direct connection at Laredo to the City of Mexico. The line offers the only Chicago option with this service and invites inquiries to Wabash ticket agents or C B Crane in St Louis and WA Parsima in Chicago.
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Texas
Mexico
California
Wabash Railroad
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific Railway
International & Great Northern Railroad
Southern Pacific Railway
Southern
Chicago
St. Louis
Little Rock
Malvern
Hot Springs
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
City of Mexico
Philistine banter hints at unlikely boxing comeback
Quoted exchange shows Arrantin Fienr saying Goliath was out of condition while a second Philistine questions the odds, reflecting a recovered or teased boxing match narrative. The fragment hints at a historic or humorous feud revival with casual banter about readiness and timing.
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Arrentin Fienr
Goliath
You Can't Eat Nails Yet You Digest Food Better With Bitters
A 19th century ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for enfeebled stomachs and digestive issues. It claims benefits for kidneys liver and bowels, malaria rheumatism, and nervous sleeplessness as a tonic. Included is a fictional quote about a suffragist choosing independence over marriage.
Round Trip Tickets to Waco by Missouri Kansas Texas Ry
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway will sell round trip tickets to Waco Texas on November 18 2th and 27th with return validity until December 8. For information contact H A Chemir Room 12 The Rookery Chicago. Also includes assorted old ads and quotes from various periodicals.
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Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Wacco
Tex
H. A. Chemir
the Rookery
Chicago
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Yue
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Palmi
Seminara
Antonio Adego
Scranton
New Chamber of Commerce
Toledo
Rad Cronenberg
John Thummell
A. J. Wanders
Northwest
St. Paul
Tom Elwood
Iron and
Larimer
JosEph Lewis
Manchester
Stephenson
Kansas City
John S. Johnson
Wellsville
Thomas
Otercheck
Haggerty's
Calliery
Wellstan
Grorgk Kleinman
America
Dr. Carver
Watson's Park
Coole
Muskogee
I.I
Knights of Labor
New Orleans
Pennsylvania
Knights
Secres
New Oreans
Master Workman Sovereign
John M. Schofield
Fifteenth Infantry
Massachusetts Statesman
Jake Shhaefer
Buusurxa Firreen
Charlie
Ieuan
Hayrper
Texas Cotton Palace
Frimap
Clara
Detroit Free Press
Corerzeica
Buteleigh
Cuteleigh
Puck
Iam’s
Hall
Price
Raim’s
Pierce
Worth
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
Ely
Hay
W. Sperry
Hartford, Conn
NASA
BLY Brothers
Warren Street
Geo. H. Dtetterich
Hood
Parilla
Beesentr Saparilla
Ures
Napoleon
Josephine
Maria Teresa
Prof. Sloane
Princeton
Destiny
the Century CO. Publishers Union Sq
The
Mason & Hamlin
Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano CO
N. IX. Fairbank Company
Santa Claus
N. W., Ayer & Son
Phiiadelphia
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